The Snow Maiden (opera) (Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay)
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Sheet Music
Full Scores
Version B
Russian / German
St. Petersburg: V. Bessel & Co., 1898. Plate 4800
New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(after 1933). Catalog A 2331.
Original imprint and plate no. omitted from reprint.
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Parts
Version B
Soprano chorus part
*#22927 - 1.62MB, 17 (facing pp. #1–32) pp. - (0) - C/V/C - 199x⇩
Russian / French / English
St. Petersburg: V. Bessel & Co., n.d.
Miami: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d. (1980).
English text might be by Edward Agate. Reprint lacks any imprint information.
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Vocal Scores
Version B
Complete score
*#31207 - 27.52MB, 401 pp. - (0) - V/V/V - 1663x⇩
Pavel Lamm (1882–1951)
St. Petersburg: V. Bessel & Co., n.d.(1898)
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1949
Edited version of the first edition.
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Carolus (2013/3/21)
Act III, IV
*#274120 - 8.74MB, 116 pp. - (0) - V/V/V - 55x⇩
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Carolus (2013/3/21)
Color cover
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Carolus (2013/3/21)
French / German
Pauline Halperine (d.1934), Pierre Lalo (1866-1943), French text
August Bernhard (1852-1908), German text
Petrograd: Bessel, 1908. Plate 6400.
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Complete Score
*#21540 - 22.53MB, 433 pp. - (0) - V*/V*/V* - 1149x⇩
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906–1975)
N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov: Complete Collected Works, vol.31 (Полное собрание сочинений).
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1953. Plate M. 23475 Г.
Moscow: Muzyka, n.d.(ca.1968). Plate 4027.
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Lel's Third Song (Act III)
*#20020 - 0.38MB, 6 pp. - (0) - V/V/C - 323x⇩
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Lyle Neff (2008/7/31)
Ernest Newman (1868–1959)
English
Frederick Herman Martens (1874–1932)
Boston: O. Ditson, 1917 (from the collection Modern Russian Songs)
For low voice. Transposed from original F minor to E♭ minor
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
Version B
For Piano solo (Kazachenko)
Complete Score
*#19869 - 13.75MB, 222 pp. - (3) - V/V/V - 717x⇩
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Lyle Neff (2008/7/29)
Complete Score (alternative scan)
*#21541 - 14.26MB, 222 pp. - (0) - V/V/V - 194x⇩
Grigory Kazachenko (1858–1938)
St. Petersburg: V. Bessel & Co., 1908. Plate 6440.
Stage directions and titles of numbers in Russian and French; sung text omitted
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Song of the Shepherd Lehl
For Female Chorus and Piano (Engel)
Complete score (SSA)
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Icactus (2012/5/2)
Carl Engel (1883-1944)
Boston: Boston Music Co., 1914. Plate B.M. Co. 4411
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General Information
| Work Title | The Snow Maiden |
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| Alternative Title | Снегурочка ; Schneeflöckchen ; Jeune fille de neige |
| Composer | Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay |
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| Movements/Sections | Prologue and 4 acts |
| Year/Date of Composition | A 1880–81 ; B 1895 |
| First Performance | A 1882-02-10 – St. Petersburg, Maryinsky Theatre: Mikhail Vasilyev (Tsar Berendey), Mikhail Koryakin (Bermyata), Mariya Kamenskaya (Spring Beauty), Fyodor Stravinsky (Frost), Feodosiya Velinskaya (The Snow Maiden), Vasily Vasilyev (Bobyl Bakula), Olga Schröder (Bobylikha), Anna Bichurina (Lel), Mariya Makarova (Kupava), Ippolit Pryanishnikov (Mizgir), Pavel Dyuzhikov (First Herald), Vladimir Mayboroda (Second Herald), Vladimir Sobolev (Wood-Sprite), Eduard Nápravník (conductor) |
| First Publication | A 1881 – St. Petersburg: V. Bessel B 1898 – St. Petersburg: V. Bessel. Full score. Plate 4800. |
| Librettist | Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908), after Aleksandr Ostrovsky (1823–1886) |
| Language | Russian |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | Voices: Tsar Berendey (Царь Берендей) (tenor) ; Bermyata (Бермята) (bass) ; Spring Beauty (Весна-Красна) (mezzo-soprano) ; Frost (Мороз) (bass) ; The Snow Maiden (Снегурочка) (soprano) ; Bobyl Bakula (Бобыль Бакула) (tenor) ; Bobylikha (Бобылиха) (mezzo-soprano) ; Lel (Лель) (contralto) ; Kupava (Купава) (soprano) ; Mizgir (Мизгирь) baritone) ; First Herald (1-ый бирюч) (tenor) ; Second Herald (2-ой бирюч) (bass) ; Tsar's page (Царский отрок) (mezzo-soprano) ; Wood-Sprite (Леший) (tenor) ; Maslenitsa (Масленица) (bass) + mixed chorus (SATB) Orchestra: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets/bass clarinet, 2 bassoons + 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba + timpani, cymbals, tam-tam + piano + harp, strings |
| Related Works | See also the orchestral suite from the opera (1895). |
| External Links | Wikipedia article |
Misc. Comments
Contents
Version B
Prologue
- Scene of Spring-Beauty and the Birds
- Introduction
- Recitative and Aria of Spring
- Recitative
- Song and Dance of the Birds
Act One
- Introduction
- Scene of Snowmaiden and Lel'
- First Song of Lel'
- Second Song of Lel'
- Arietta of Snowmaiden
- Scene and Arietta of Kupava
- Wedding Rite
- Scene of Kupava and Snowmaiden
- Finale
Act Two
- Chorus. Song of the Blind Gusli-Players
- Scene of the Tsar and Bermyata
- Duet of the Tsar and Kupava
- Public Proclamation
- Solemn Procession of Tsar Berendey
- Hymn of the Berendeyans
- Cavatina of the Tsar [with scene and concluding chorus]
Act Three
- Scene in the Forest Reserve
- Roundelay and Song of the Beaver
- Cavatina of the Tsar
- Dance of the Skomorokhi
- Third Song of Lel'
- Scene of Snowmaiden and Mizgir'
- Arioso
- Scene of Lel', Kupava, and Snowmaiden
- Trio
Act Four
- Introduction
- Scene of Snowmaiden and Spring
- Chorus of Flowers
- Duet of Snowmaiden and Mizgir'
- Finale
- Concluding Chorus
- Works reprinted by Edwin F. Kalmus
- Pages with scores
- Agate, Edward/Translator
- Pages with parts
- Lamm, Pavel/Editor
- Sibley Mirroring Project
- Shostakovich, Dmitry/Editor
- Newman, Ernest/Editor
- Martens, Frederick Herman/Translator
- Kazachenko, Grigory/Arranger
- Engel, Carl/Arranger
- Scores
- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay
- Romantic
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- For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
- Scores featuring the voice
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- For voices and chorus with orchestra
- Russian language
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- For 1 player
- Scores featuring the piano
- For female chorus, piano (arr)
- Scores featuring female chorus
- For chorus with keyboard
- Pages with arrangements
- Ostrovsky, Aleksandr/Librettist
